Thailand's House committee defies threats, sticks with plan to visit ex-premier Thaksin on Jan 12


Thailand former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. - The Nation Thailand/ANN

BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The House committee on police affairs says it will not call off plans to visit former premier Thaksin Shinawatra at the Police General Hospital despite threats of legal action.

Democrat MP Chaichana Detdacho, who chairs the panel, said on Saturday that the Constitution’s Article 129 gives House panels the legal authority to look into such matters.

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